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Shade is as much a prerequisite of cricket as light - just ask the crowds sitting out five days of a Test match in the Indian ...
W ith the WTC final scheduled for next week, I have traversed the 140 years of Test cricket history to bring you this nostalgia-centred article, of the greatest Tests played by each team in their ...
No. 1 in our countdown of the greatest men's T20 cricketers ...
Over a 15-year career and counting, Russell has hit a six every 7.29 balls. No other player has taken under eight balls per six over any decent period of time. Chris Gayle, for example, the most ...
In cricket, as in life, it's important to draw boundaries - put up walls, as it were, should the situation demand it. Matches definitely demand it, to keep non-paying spectators out of the ground. But ...
Destiny, first and foremost, for West Indies: the first great T20 dynasty. Their victory in 2012 had been an early vindication for a generation that had been disparaged as "mercenaries" for their ...
Can cricket shrink to save itself? Test cricket has had a fabulous year, and despite its flaws, cricket is growing, but the calendar is a cause for concern ...
Scorecards from CricInfo - www.cricinfo.com Ranji Trophy, 1938/39 Madras v Hyderabad Madras 17,18,19 December 1938 (3-day match) Result: Madras won by 6 wickets Toss:Umpires: Close of Play: Day 1: Day ...
Twenty years ago is also when St Lucia's first cricketer to make the West Indies side, Daren Sammy, made his international debut in a rained-out fixture in an insignificant Natwest Tri-nation series.
These are just a few examples of the art of boundary fielding in the T20 age. And it is an art, make no mistake: the skills, fitness and lightning-quick instincts involved make these feats not just ...
X, Instagram and Facebook are hotbeds of ugly name-calling and harassment that causes more harm than might seem likely Imagine if one out of every three messages you received was insulting. Imagine it ...
In the breathless, emotional tones that have come to be synonymous with moments of high cricket drama in recent years, Smith, on Fox Cricket, was talking about how Shamar Joseph, a 24-year-old from a ...